So, I found this on Pinterest a while back and made a vow to do this, in heart form because I am a sucker for a good heart. I found lots of photo ideas, but no actual tutorial. I mean sure it sounds and looks pretty self-explanatory, but there were somethings I wish I had known before hand!
There are 2 majors steps.
- Attach your crayons to the canvas in the shape you want.
- Use a hair blow dryer to melt the crayons.
HOWEVER, there are some questions that I had when doing this project... How do you attach the crayons? I stupidly, tried hot glue at first, well obviously the crayon melted and didn't stick to the canvas... I eventually ended up using rubber cement, and it is still sticking today, but I do think that there might have been a better way.
Then, when blow drying, be prepared for a mess! The crayons splatter a bit so I ended up putting the canvas inside of a large box. Tilting the canvas seems to work best also, lying it flat doesn't work as well, and standing it straight up doesn't get all the wax. I rotated the canvas as I went and used the dryer to direct the crayon of where to go.
Extra tip! If you get melted crayon on your carpet, a good carpet cleaner should do the trick!!!!
Hope this gives you a better idea of how to accomplish the melted crayon art.
Next time, I've got some cute canvas art to show you!
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